People

In DigiCrop.Net, world-renowned scientists combine their expertise in sustainable crop production to address current challenges employing technology-driven approaches across the globe. Facilitated by delegation visits, international exchanges, sharing infrastructures, joint workshops and the common goal to teach the next generation of scientists, DigiCrop.Net is a hub for innovative science. You can find an alphabetical list of all people involved in DigiCrop.Net here.

AIFARMS
Vikram Adve
Donald B. Gillies Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Center of Digital Agriculture Co-director; AIFARMS Principal Investigator and Director
Lisa Ainsworth
Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Department of Plant Science and Crop Science, Institute of Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Co-PI and Research Leader of Global Change and Photosytnesis Research Unit
Shadi Atallah
Associate Professor of Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christopher G. Bernard
Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Science, Department of Agricultural and Enviornmental Sciences, Plant Science, Tuskegee University
Olga Bolden-Tiller
Dean of College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences (CAENS), Tuskegee University; AIFARMS Associate Director of Eduation and Outreach
Girish Chowdhary
Director of Distributed Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willet Faculty Fellow, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Associate Director of Research
Katie Driggs-Campbell
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; AIFARMS Autonomous Farming Thrust Lead
Kris Hauser
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Enviornmental Resilience Thrust Lead
Matt Hudson
Professor, Institute for Genomic Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Digital Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Enviornmental Resilience Thrust Lead
Madhu Khanna
Professor of Agriculutral and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Associate Director of Technology Adoption & Public Policy
Rob Kooper
Data and Computation Lead, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Research Data Scientist
Ana Lucic
Staff Research Scientist at the Applied Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Assistant Director for Data Management
Andrew Margenot
Assistant Professor - Crop Science, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; AIFARMS Soil Heath and Management Thrust Lead
Amy Marshall-Colon
Associate Professor - Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Reid
Research Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jessica Wedow
AIFARMS Executive Director; Director of Research at Center for Digital Agriculture
ETH Zurich
Helge Aasen
Group leader of the Earth Observation of Agroecosystems team, Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope
Jonas Anderegg
Postdoctoral Researcher, Plant Pathology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Nina Buchmann
Professor of Grassland Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Robert Finger
Professor and Head of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Juan Herrera
Senior Scientist, Cultivation Techniques and Varieties in Arable Farming Group, Plant Production Systems Division, Agroscope
Andreas Hund
Senior scientist and group leader of Crop Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Marco Hutter
Associate Professor of Robotic Systems, Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich; Director, Robotic Systems Lab; Board Member, ANYbotics, Gravis Robotics
Tomislav Medić
Postoctoral Researcher, Geosensors and Engineering Geodesy, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zürich
Stefano Mintchev
Assistant Professor of Environmental Robotics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Simone Nanzer
Research Coordinator, ETH Research Station for Plant Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Didier Pellet
Group leader of Cultivation Techniques and Varieties in Arable Farming Group, Plant Production Systems Division, Agroscope
Lukas Roth
Postdoctoral Researcher, Crop Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Konrad Schindler
Professor of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zürich
Ralph Stoop
Postdoctoral Researcher, Digital Production, Agroscope
Achim Walter
Professor of Crop Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
Andreas Wieser
Professor of Geosensors and Engineering Geodesy, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zürich
PhenoRob
Wulf Amelung
Professor of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn and head of the Agrosphere Institute, IBG-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christian Bauckhage
Professor of Multimedia Pattern Recognition, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn and Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS)
Jens Behley
Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Sven Behnke
Professor and head of the Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn
Maren Bennewitz
Professor and head of the Humanoid Robotics Group, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn
Jan Börner
Professor of Economics of Sustainable Natural Resource Use and Bioeconomy, Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR) and Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
Nicolas Brüggemann
Professor of Plant-Soil-Atmosphere Exchange Processes, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Anna Cord
Professor of Agro-Ecological Modelling, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Janina Dierks
Junior Professor of Sustainable Crop Production, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Armin Djamei
Professor of Plant Pathology, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Thomas Döring
Professor of Agroecology and Organic Farming, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Frank Ewert
Professor and head of the Crop Science Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn and Scientific Director of Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Jürgen Gall
Professor and head of the Computer Vision Group, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn
Jan-Henrik Haunert
Professor of Geoinformation, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Thomas Heckelei
Professor and head of the Economic and Agricultural Policy Group, Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn
Harrie-Jan Hendricks-Franssen
Professor of Scientific Computation in Terrestrial Systems, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich
Ixchel Hernández-Ochoa
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Andreas Kemna
Professor of Geophysics, Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn
Lasse Klingbeil
Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Claudia Knief
Professor of Molecular Biology of the Rhizosphere, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Stefan Kollet
Professor of Integrated Modeling of Terrestrial Systems, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn
Heiner Kuhlmann
PhenoRob Spokesperson
Professor and head of the Geodesy Group, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Eike Lüdeling
Professor and head of Department of Horticultural Sciences, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Anne-Katrin Mahlein
Director of the Institute of Sugarbeet Research (IfZ), Institute of Sugarbeet Research, University of Göttingen
Zbyněk Malenovský
Head of the Remote Sensing Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
Annaliese Mason
Professor of Plant Breeding, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Chris McCool
Professor and head of Agricultural Robotics and Engineering Group (ILT), University of Bonn
Ana Meijide
Professor of Environment Modelling, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Holger Pagel
Professor of Soil Systems Modeling, University of Bonn and Forschungszentrum Jülich
Marija Popović
Junior Research Group Leader, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Matin Qaim
Executive Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
Sebastian Rasch
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn
Uwe Rascher
Professor of Quantitative Physiology of Crops, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Ribana Roscher
Professor of Data Science for Crop Systems, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Gabriel Schaaf
Professor and head of the Ecophysiology of Plant Nutrition Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Andrea Schnepf
Professor of Flow and Transport in Soil-Plant-Systems, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Ulrich Schurr
Director of the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sabine Seidel
Junior Research Group Leader, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Cyrill Stachniss
PhenoRob Spokesperson
Professor and head of the Photogrammetry and Robotics Group, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation (IGG), University of Bonn
Hugo Storm
Junior Research Group Leader, Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn
Jan Vanderborght
Professor of Modeling Terrestrial Systems, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich
Harry Vereecken
Director of the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich and Professor of Soil Science and Agrosphere, IBG-3 and Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn
Stefan Wrobel
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS) and Professor of Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn
David Wüpper
Professor of Land Economics, Institute for Food- and Resource Economics (ILR), University of Bonn
Eduard Zell
Junior Research Group Leader, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn
Wageningen University & Research
Peter Groot Koerkamp
Professor of Biosystems Engineering, Wageningen University & Research
Jochen Hemming
Senior Researcher Computer Vision & Robotics, Wageningen University & Research
Eldert van Henten
Professor of Biosystems Engineering, Wageningen University & Research
Lammert Kooistra
Personal Professor at the Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University & Research
Gert Kootstra
Associate Professor of Computer Vision and Robotics with application, Wageningen University & Research
Sander Mücher
Senior researcher of Remote Sensing & Geo-Information, Wageningen University & Research
Erik Pekkeriet
Programme Manager Vision + Robotics, Wageningen University & Research
Gerrit Polder
Researcher of Computer Vision & Plant Phenotyping, Wageningen University & Research
Claudius van de Vijver
Head of PhD Programme Graduate School Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC), Wageningen University & Research
Rick van de Zedde
Project manager, Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC); Senior scientist/ Business developer for Phenomics & Automation, Wageningen University & Research